PERSONALS. Ex-' 93. W. J. McDowell is now taking a course at the University of Ohio. We are glad to hear of his success. M. E. Benson, '93, who has just recovered from a severe attack of typhoid fever, will shortly sail for Europe to recuperate his'health. Ex-'93. F. J. Musser, who has again signed with the Demorest base ball team, visited friends at his home, State College, a few days ago. G. T. Bush, 'B7 and George R.' Meek, '9o, both of Bellefonte, together with Prof. M. W. Bohn, of Altoona, attended the Senior reception. Ex-'92. G. R. Weiland is now in St. Louis working on an Engineering corps. He was pre viously engaged at teaching in an Academy at Harriman, Tenu. ' 76. R. W. Barrows visited the college a short time ago. He remarked that he was much pleas ed to see the many improvements that have been made since he was a student at the institution. 'BB. Wm. M. Porter, who has been working for several years on an engineer corps of the Denver and Rio Grande R. R., spent several days about the college during the beginning of the month. Messrs. S. R. Downing, J. A. Herr and Captain C. W. Roberts of the Board of Trustees, together with Hon. J. A. Woodward, of Howard, Pa., and Senators Meek and Sloan have been visitors at the college during the past month. 'B6. Dr. H. B. McDonnell was elected Profes sor of Agricultural Chemistry in the Maryland Agricultural College at a recent meeting of the trustees of that institution. The position in cludes the work of the state fertilizer control. '9o. Mr, H. R. Leyden has resigned his position with the United Electric Light and Power 'Co., of this city, (New York) to take charge of the draft ing, and estimating with Mr. D. C. Jackson, dis trict engineer of the Edison General Electric Co., at Chicago. (Electrical Engineer). THE FREE LANCE. 'B2. I. P. McCreary, supervisor of the Tyrone and Clearfield Division of the P. R. R. has been located at Osceola, Pa., since April Ist, '9l. Ex-'9o. H. C. Quigley, who has been a student in the office of Hasting & Reeder, of Bellefonte, was recently admitted to practice at the Centre County bar. 'BB. G. J. Thomas graduated from the Medico Chirurgical College, Philadelphia on the 9th of April. He stood among the honor men, and car ried off the Dr. Spencer Morris prize, fifty dollars, the must valuable prize awarded. He also receiv ed an honorable mention for the highest average in the final examinations, and for the highest average in Anatomy, in Surgery and in Obstetrics. The Yale college songs have been taken to In dia to be translated into Hindoo. Brown University is to have a $50,000 gymna sium. Physical culture will be rigidly enforced. The Harvard overseers have rejected the fac ulty's proposal for the shortening of the academic course. The course at the Columbia Law School has been lengthened by a year and will in the future be a three years course. The University of Texas is well provided. It has an endownrnent of over 2,300,000 acres of land, besides a half million dollars in bonds. Sayer, Yale, '93, broke the record for shot putting and high jumping at the Exter Tour nament. Oxford won the annual Oxford-Cambridge eight-oared race by a quarter of a length, in one of the most exciting rowing contests that has taken place on the Thames for years. The News, and the Blue • and While, both of Columbia, have consolidated under the name of the latter, and will henceforth appear in magazine COLLEGE ORBIT.
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